St. Marie, Calhoun, Earthquake Country
A new Fort Worth-based record label specializing in shoegaze (but not exclusively) is about to debut. In May, St. Marie Records...
Funkytown and First Friday: Alive
From 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. on Friday at the Where House (2510 Hemphill St. on the South Side), the Funkytown Fall...
Upsetting’s Life Fire, Spreading Fast
“We’re still a bummer band,” said Charlie Debolt, drummer of area punk band Upsetting. This was early into a brief Zoom call between me...
The Ghost of Concerts Future
It is now officially the holiday season, and the exhortations to buy local are undoubtedly zigging and zagging across your social media feeds like...
Woodeye? Sure!
Lola’s Saloon (2736 W 6th St, 817-877-0666) will be full of Budweiser, facial hair, and sad-sacks on Saturday, when the alt-country-before-alt-country-was-cool Fort...
Thank Ya Very Much
Not too long ago, before I got a life, I was a wreck - especially around the holidays.
I buried my father on one Christmas...
Get Ready for SXFW
I don’t know if SXSW has added more bands or what, but as I’ve noted before (perhaps ad nauseum), the number...
Breaking Boingo Shaman
So I missed the big Hentai Improvising Orchestra/Breaking Light show at Doc’s Records and Vintage last Sunday. However, each band lives...
Texas Music: Breaking the Internet
It’s not our fault people can’t read.
This is why People magazine and Reader’s Digest are two of the highest grossing magazines in the world,...
Ghouls on Parade
Everyone our age (under 40) has to have a soft spot for Spaghetti Westerns.
When I was a kid, I don’t think I let a...
